Artist Studio - Calling arty types & the not so

to_do_list · Apr 27, 2008 6:58 pm

First_Timer_Ray

In our new place I have claimed the 3rd bedroom as my scrapbooking room. For the last 3 years I have had to pack and un-pack all my stuff each time, and when that happens the kitchen table is out of action for a week, if not more. It is now at the point that I have accumulated too much stuff to pack and unpack all the time, so I will be glad to have a permanent set up.

Exactly what I'm trying to fix...annoys me that she can't get a "clear run" at things.

First_Timer_Ray

Other considerations are heating (I couldn't stand going outside across the yard in winter!), lighting (those crafts require VERY good lighting) and versatility (if DW decided to change hobbies what could it be used for, or resold?).

I think I'm resigned to mains power which may solve lighting and heating to some extent.

First_Timer_Ray

One disadvantage of using a garage would be dust.

Yep....good point dust annoys me and I don't do "delicate" projects.

to_do_list · Apr 27, 2008 7:00 pm

DeeElle

TDL I bet you wish you hadn't asked :wink:

. Thats why my DH would just go ahead and build it. He knows that if he asked my opinion it would cost him 10k more than he wanted to spend. :lol:

No I'm glad I asked better than spending 3 or 4k and it becoming a useless space.....

to_do_list · Apr 27, 2008 7:01 pm

Paula

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That looks lovely DeeElle, much better than a cubby :wink:

Just because it's timber it doesn't mean it's a cubby.... :evil:

.....although I didn't mention the sandpit next to it.....

...joking!

Michelle · Apr 27, 2008 7:04 pm

This is my office……my writing stuff alone would take up the space of the photo you posted. I am fast running out of space in this room also, and it’s 15 x 15. :shock:

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DeeElle · Apr 27, 2008 7:08 pm

Now Mish that is what I call a great workspace.

Love the leadlight.

Michelle · Apr 27, 2008 7:11 pm

Thanks Dy….I designed that window.

The coloured glass had to be imported….so they told me.

Then they broke a panel putting it in………..had to wait 2 weeks for a new bit. :evil:

to_do_list · Apr 27, 2008 7:21 pm

Michelle

Thanks Dy….I designed that window.

The coloured glass had to be imported….so they told me.

Then they broke a panel putting it in………..had to wait 2 weeks for a new bit. :evil:

Sorry Mish nice workspace...but not showing DW that photo...she might get crazy ideas in her head...... Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅

Michelle · Apr 27, 2008 7:23 pm

Well, it impresses my clients, and makes me happy while I spend all my time here! :lol:

to_do_list · Apr 27, 2008 7:28 pm

Michelle

Well, it impresses my clients, and makes me happy while I spend all my time here! :lol:

Office, studio, client meeting point, and probably wind down area...can understand that....

Yak_Chat · Apr 28, 2008 8:54 pm

TDl- Make the studio a 3rd bedroom that suits as a teenagers retreat too.

Then when the time comes, the DW can move back into a room in the house and the teenager can move to the studio, and peace inside the house can begin again.

My last place had a detached stone studio with a cellar underneath it, which I belive was th butlers quarters, and the garage and my shed was nearby.

Gee how convienient.

As for the cold rainy trip to and from the "work space" it actually works well because it tends to moderate the drop in visitors from the house when the weather is not so good.

re working from home - it is quite often a very good idea to detach the 2 so -when you goto work, and then you leave work and go home. All be it 10 yards.

And the rest of the family knows - you are home or at work.

Steve

DeeElle · Apr 30, 2008 1:48 am

Yak_Chat

TDl- Make the studio a 3rd bedroom that suits as a teenagers retreat too.

Sounds like a plan ... I like the idea of having a convertible space for the kids.

Yak_Chat

My last place had a detached stone studio with a cellar underneath it, which I belive was th butlers quarters, and the garage and my shed was nearby.

Drool .... now you are giving us ideas. TDL you just have to build a cellar underneath and a butlers pantry for coffee, tea, microwave, small fridge for cheese to go with the wine and champagne on warm days :wink:

Yak_Chat

re working from home - it is quite often a very good idea to detach the 2 so -when you goto work, and then you leave work and go home. All be it 10 yards.

This idea has its merits ... my dad worked from home for a while and was always complaining about feeling like he never left 'work'.

Good luck TDL and let us know how it goes.

to_do_list · Apr 30, 2008 11:17 am

Thanks for all the responses guys.....had really been great sifting through all the ideas.

DW and I have had a bit of chin wag about the studio, weighed up the pro's and con's of the various options and I think we have come up with a good solution. It means an add on, but into an area which doesn't compromise the garden space.....and creates a 4.2 m x 4.2 space off a living space.

I'll sketch it up...might even try to "My Virtual Home" it....the only issue at this point is the external wall...do I try to match to existing recycled brickwork (probably impossible) or go to a weatherboard-type lightweight construction (Hardie product) like the loft study.....decisions....decisions.....

PS....don't know if the cellar will get a gurnsey...

First_Timer_Ray · Apr 30, 2008 11:36 am

Sounds like a great idea. Would you consider a "sunroom" style add on, that the walls are basically all glass - then matching bricks wouldn't be an issue? Don't know how practical or cost effective this would be, but I imagine it would be easier to install big windows than lay rows of bricks.

Ray.

to_do_list · Apr 30, 2008 12:47 pm

First_Timer_Ray

Sounds like a great idea. Would you consider a "sunroom" style add on, that the walls are basically all glass - then matching bricks wouldn't be an issue? Don't know how practical or cost effective this would be, but I imagine it would be easier to install big windows than lay rows of bricks.Ray.

We have, and whilst we like the looks of a sunroom, the wall we really need to match is a western wall, the other three walls are not so much of an issue.....I'd be concerned about converting it into a hot house.

I could get a 950 mm eave to the western wall but I don't think it would be effective due to the position of the western sun. Maybe high set windows protected by eaves plus weatherboard look may reduce the impact of the mismatch.....?

Yak_Chat · May 01, 2008 12:43 am

If it's a western wall - you won't be wanting to make is solid brick - gets very hot in summer.
See if rather than matching the wall you can make it a feature change in the wall type. Maybe goto corrogated iron that is well installated so it does look like a studio.
Post some pics when you move in and we'll through some ideas around.
Steve

D wrote

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small fridge for cheese to go with the wine and champagne on warm days

Didnt need a fridge - the cellar was originally built as the cream cooler for 'the dairy, so on really hot summer days, guess where I went to chill for awhile

It never got above 24 degrees in the cellar with the building above it and trees shading it all the time

to_do_list · May 01, 2008 2:21 am

Yak_Chat

See if rather than matching the wall you can make it a feature change in the wall type. Maybe goto corrogated iron that is well installated so it does look like a studio.

It's the way I'm thinking....matching will be impossible so going to a feature wall has attractions - corrugated iron would match other elements like the railing on the verandah. It would basically come out from the wall immediately in the foreground (west is to the left of the page, south being straight out), would mean dismantling part of the patio but is not a very useful part and come out 4.2 metres to make a square room.

The two paned window is floor to ceiling and could be replaced with a frosted glass bifold door, or a single/double door with frosted side panels to fill out the 2.4 metre window space, to isolate the room...

....anyway you're right not enough photos to work with.

I'm trying to sketch it up in My Virtual Home...but that's a right royal pain in the a**e which is why I'm up at 1:00 am.

I'm off to ::bedtime::

I'll probably be mulling half the night about how much a 4.2 x 4.2 ground floor extension will cost.......

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Yak_Chat · May 01, 2008 9:25 am

That's better - Photos

Nice looking house too

Good purchase tdl.

To my eyes, it'd be perfect mix in a corrogated iron extension with timber like the verandah.

I'd go bifolds and consider double glazed to reduce internal house noise going into the studio, and heavily insulate the western wall.

As for cost, this link will help.

Re getting it done or doing it, I'd be getting a architect or god drafstman to help you ensure that the design matches the verandah so you do not spoil the current look and feel of the house.

It'd be pretty easy to add an ugly extension and reduce the hosue value, so do it properly.

Ahhh.... The artist will love it

Steve

to_do_list · May 01, 2008 10:27 am

Yak_Chat

As for cost, this link will help.

No link..... :cry:

Yak_Chat

Re getting it done or doing it, I'd be getting a architect or god drafstman to help you ensure that the design matches the verandah so you do not spoil the current look and feel of the house.

It'd be pretty easy to add an ugly extension and reduce the hosue value, so do it properly.

In the words of John Wayne..."a man's gotta know his limitations". There's no way I'd be attempting to build this and I'd hate anything to spoil the look and feel of the house (more photos at https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.p ... highlight= , incidentally).

We get the keys next week so I'll be taking a stack of photos without "stuff" in it.

Yak_Chat

Ahhh.... The artist will love it

Sigh....and the engineer will pay for it....

Yak_Chat · May 02, 2008 1:09 am

Ahh the link - not sure what happened there.

and while I was reviewing you pics - what a nice place.

Lots of different zones and empathy in that house.

Well done

.

And while I was reading the pics did I see that on the 7th of April you had 50 posts.?

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Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 7:07 pm Post subject: Gudday from Melbourne

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I've been hanging around for a while and made a few posts and got some informative answers. The other day I noticed some new stars under my name and hells bells I've made 50 posts...hey...how did that happen! So I thought I'd better formally introduce myself.

And today the 1st May,

you have 887 :?:

Have fun with the archicentre link.

http://www.archicentre.com.au/2008Jancostguide.pdf

Steve

to_do_list · May 02, 2008 1:15 am

Yak_Chat

And while I was reading the pics did I see that on the 7th of April you had 50 posts.?

And today the 1st May,

you have 887 :?:

Thanks for the compliments on the house and the link.

Re number of posts...it helps when 80% of the time I'm just cr*ppin' on....and that's debatable.....

....the 20% that isn't supposed to be cr*p that is.